Tag: 2017

Protest!, 2017-12-30

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Protests in various languages by my favourite artist Marino Degano. This was originally released in 1994 as a 4000 piece puzzle called Pro and Contra.

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Protest!, Heye, 2000 pieces. Completed on December 30th, 2017.

There’s a bit of advertising here “Fun for hours on end – Heye Puzzle”, fighting peace protesters, and also a couple of football fans. Below on the left, a guy holds a sign saying Aux chiottes l’arbitre (To hell with the referee in French), and he’s wearing an Adidas shirt. From the colours, I thought of Bayern Munich first, but since the sign is in French, it may be a French team that I don’t know. The guy next to him is definitely a Juventus fan. Then there’s the lady holding up the Hamburg forever sign – may or may not be football-related.

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An elephant holds up a sign that says “You have to be completely insane to do a puzzle like this” in German 🙂

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Oceania, 2017-09-02

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This was my second project in Dortmund. I love the image, but it turned out to be more difficult than I had expected. Story of my life 😀 I was especially happy to see Hokusai’s Wave in there – I’ve always wanted to do it, but I think it’s too difficult as an entire puzzle. Worked well in this collage, though.

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Oceania, Ravensburger, 3000 pieces. Completed on September 2nd, 2017.
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After juggling pieces of cardboard for years, it was great having a large table to puzzle on. The balloon was easy, but it went downhill from there 🙂
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The beer is there just for the photo op, otherwise, it belongs on the windowsill.
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At this point I have all the pieces on the table, originally some were spread out on sheets of cardboard.

[Princess Diana], 2017-11-28

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It’s 22 years today since Princess Diana died.

This puzzle was brought in to work by a colleague, and a lot of people worked on it. It’s a Schmidt, and I didn’t make a note of the title. It was actually quite difficult, and not something I would have chosen myself.

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The Inventor’s Cupboard, 2017-10-15

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I’ve arrived safely in Dortmund. Managed to scratch the car a bit in the garage after driving 1500 km safely 🙂 It’s not too bad, though.

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Number 5 in the Curious Cupboards series, my first. I don’t really know why, but I didn’t find this that enjoyable. Also, I managed to lose a piece, although I can’t see it on the photo.

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The Inventor’s Cupboard by Colin Thompson, Ravensburger, 1000 pieces.